Senator Susan Rubio speaks at a podium surrounded by people holding signs, including one that reads
California State Senator Susan Rubio advocates for Piqui's Law at a July 10 press conference.
  • Programs that treat "parental alienation" can leave kids with alleged abusers for months or years.
  • California's legislature unanimously passed Piqui's Law, named after a 5-year-old murdered by his father following a custody dispute.
  • The law will bar judges from ordering children into many parental alienation treatment programs.

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